Morellia (M.) aenescens Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830

Pamplona, Denise, Nihei, Silvio S., Couri, Márcia S. & Pont, Adrian C., 2016, Taxonomy of Morellia Robineau-Desvoidy (Diptera: Muscidae): revision of the subgenera Morellia s. str. and Parapyrellia Townsend, Zootaxa 4163 (1), pp. 1-110 : 15-16

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Morellia (M.) aenescens Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830
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2. Morellia (M.) aenescens Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830 View in CoL

( Figs 7–12 View FIGURES 7 – 12 )

Morellia aenescens Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830: 406 View in CoL . Type locality: FRANCE, Saint-Sauveur. Syntypes, formerly in Robineau- Desvoidy collection, now destroyed (not MNHN; see Evenhuis et al. 2010).

Muscina concolor Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830: 408 View in CoL . [Junior secondary homonym, preoccupied in Morellia View in CoL by Morellia concolor Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830 View in CoL .] Type locality: FRANCE, Saint-Sauveur. Syntypes: ♀♀, formerly in Robineau-Desvoidy collection, now destroyed (not MNHN; see Evenhuis et al. 2010).

Curtonevra curvipes Macquart, 1834a: 12 ; 1834b: 148. Type locality: FRANCE, Lille district. Type location: Lectotype ♂, MHNL (des. Pont 2012: 57 View Cited Treatment ; seen).

Cyrtoneura valga Wahlberg in Zetterstedt, 1845: 1348 View in CoL . Type locality: SWEDEN, Lule Lappmark, Kvikkjokk. Syntypes: ƋƋ, probably in NHRS but not recognised ( Pont 2011: 63).

Camilla fuscana Robineau-Desvoidy, 1863: 642 . Type locality: FRANCE, Paris district. Holotype/syntypes Ƌ, formerly in Robineau-Desvoidy collection, now destroyed (not MNHN; see Evenhuis et al. 2010).

Camilla vivida Robineau-Desvoidy, 1863: 642 . Type locality: FRANCE, Paris district. Holotype/syntypes Ƌ, formerly in Robineau-Desvoidy collection, now destroyed (not MNHN; see Evenhuis et al. 2010).

Cyrtoneura aculeata Egger, 1865: 291 View in CoL . Type locality: AUSTRIA, in the high mountains. Syntypes: ƋƋ, not located and presumed lost (not in NHMW; see Brauer & Bergenstamm 1891: 421).

Redescription. Colour. Black, with grey pruinosity. Frontal vitta and upper half of fronto-orbital plate black, lower half of fronto-orbital plate and parafacial black, with silver pruinosity; face, gena and antenna black with grey pruinosity; palpus black; mesonotum metallic black with one silver-dusted central vitta along line of presutural acrostichals, grey along anterior half of postsutural acrostichals, and grey dusted on posterior half between acrostichals and dorsocentrals; postpronotal lobe, notopleuron and anepisternum silver pruinose; pleura silver pruinose; scutellum dusted with grey pruinosity; legs black; haltere yellow with a brown stalk and yellow knob; calypters whitish, lower calypter white to yellow; upper calypter on outer half white and opaque; wing without dark markings; abdomen with a shifting tessellated pattern, last tergite and ventrally with silver pruinosity.

Male. Body length: 6.0 mm; wing length: 5.0–6.0 mm.

Head. Eye bare, separated at level of anterior ocellus by about 0.28–0.29 of head width; frons divergent towards lunule; ocellar triangle with a pair of setae and few long setulae; 14–19 pairs of frontal setae, the uppermost 2 or 3 weaker; postpedicel about 1.4–1.8 times the length of pedicel; pedicel with 2 setae and few setulae; arista plumose, with 14 cilia, bare apicad, and with some secondary plumes as far as level of 2nd to 4th cilia; vibrissa as long as arista; 1 strong supravibrissal seta, half as long as vibrissa, and many other setulae that extend to level of basal fourth of postpedicel; 4–5 subvibrissal setae followed by 6–9 genal setae.

Thorax. Acrostichals 0+2; dorsocentrals 3+4; intra-alars 1+1; presutural 1; prealar 1; supra-alars 2; postpronotals 3; notopleuron with 2 long, subequal setae and covered with ground setulae; postalars 2; intrapostalar 1; scutellum with 1 basal, 1 latero-discal and 1 apical pairs of setae, and latero-ventrally with few setae, the basalmost ones downcurved; postalar wall bare; suprasquamal ridge with short pile; proepisternal depression bare; proepimeron with about 8–9 long setae and many setulae; prosternum broad and bare; anepisternum covered with long setulae, posterior row with about 9 setae and many setulae, and 2 weak upper-anterior setae; katepisternals 1+2; anepimeron setulose medially and on subalar ridge; katepimeron bare; anatergite bare; katatergite setulose. Legs: fore femur with an anteroventral row of short setae on basal half, a posterodorsal row of setae on apical twothirds becoming shorter basad, and a complete posteroventral row of setae; fore tibia with an anterodorsal row of short and strong setae, 1 long posteroventral seta on mid third, many setulae on ventral surface, and 1 anterodorsal, 1 dorsal and 1 posteroventral apical setae; fore tarsomere 1 with some long setae; mid femur without a tubercle, with 1 spinose and long ventral seta on basal third, 2–3 posterodorsal preapical setae and no posteroventral setae; mid tibia curved with an anterodorsal comb-like ctenidium of very short setae, 3 strong posterior setae on apical half, no preapical setae, and 1 anteroventral, 1 posteroventral and 2 ventral apical setae; hind femur with an anteroventral row of setae, strongest on apical third, an anterodorsal row of setae, 2 posterodorsal preapical setae, a group of posterior setulae at base, and a few posteroventral setulae on apical fourth; hind tibia curved with 2 long anteroventral setae that are curled at tips on apical fourth, an anterodorsal row of short setae, the 2 median ones longer, a long and strong posterodorsal seta on apical third, 1–2 posteroventral setae like those on anteroventral surface, 1 dorsal and 1 anterodorsal preapical seta, and 1 ventral apical, a few posteroventral apical setulae, and a posterior brush-like ctenidium; hind tarsus with long setae on basal segment and laterally at apex of others segments. Wing with a uniform covering of microtrichia; dm-cu sinuous; stem-vein bare on dorsal surface, and ventrally with about 2–4 short setulae before humeral cross-vein and bare after humeral cross-vein; R2+3 bare on dorsal and ventral surfaces; R4+5 setulose from base to midway to r-m on dorsal surface and at base on ventral surface; 5–6 strong setae on basicosta.

Abdomen. Syntergite 1+2 with a lateral tuft of setulae; tergites 3–5 with setae laterally; tergites 4 and 5 with marginal setae; tergite 5 with few discal setae; sternite 1 setulose; sternite 5 with long setae, posterior margin slightly concave and bare ( Fig. 7 View FIGURES 7 – 12 ).

Terminalia. Cercal plate and surstyli as in Fig. 8 View FIGURES 7 – 12 ; surstylus with four setae on apical half ( Fig. 9 View FIGURES 7 – 12 ); aedeagal apodeme narrowed apically; basiphallus long; aedeagus bare; gonopod with two long and strong setae; paramere with many setae on apical half and narrowed apically ( Fig. 10 View FIGURES 7 – 12 ).

Female. Body length: 6.0 mm; wing length: 5.0 mm.

Similar to male, differing as follows: eyes separated at level of anterior ocellus by about 0.41–0.47 of head width; fronto-orbital plate with 2 proclinate setae, 4 proclinate setulae and no reclinate setulae; proepimeron with about 3–4 long setae and few setulae; mid femur without the strong and long ventral seta on basal third but with a ventral row of weak setae on basal half; mid tibia with a posterior row of 4–5 strong setae on basal two-thirds; hind tibia slightly curved, with 3 anteroventral setae on apical half and without long anteroventral and posteroventral setae.

Ovipositor. Tergite 7 golf club-like, with 2 plates with setae, tergite 8 broadly rod-like, anteriorly broadened with 2 plates with spines; sternites 6 and 7 broadly rod-like, a little broader at base with 1 plate with setae, tergite 8 narrowly rod-like with 2 plates with 3 spines; epiproct with 4 setae, hypoproct with many setae; cercus cylindrical and long ( Figs 11–12 View FIGURES 7 – 12 ).

Material examined. FRANCE: Lille district , no further data, lectotype Ƌ of Curtonevra curvipes Macquart ( MHNL) ; AUSTRIA: Matrei in Osttirol, 16.viii.1967, A.C. Pont, 1 Ƌ ( BMNH) ; Tyrol, Obergurgl , 14.viii.1969 , A.C. Pont & B. Pont, 1 Ƌ ( BMNH) ; GEORGIA: Caucasus Mts, Kazbegi , 5.vii.1983 , A.C. Pont, 1 ♀ ( BMNH) ; SWEDEN: Skåne, Rovarekulan , 2.viii.1980 , A.C. Pont, 1 ♀ ( BMNH) .

Distribution. PALAEARCTIC: throughout the Palaearctic Region from Spain to Fennoscandia, east through Russia and Central Asia to China and Japan (Hokkaîdo).

MHNL

Musee Guimet d'Histoire Naturelle de Lyon

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Diptera

Family

Muscidae

Genus

Morellia

Loc

Morellia (M.) aenescens Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830

Pamplona, Denise, Nihei, Silvio S., Couri, Márcia S. & Pont, Adrian C. 2016
2016
Loc

Cyrtoneura aculeata

Brauer 1891: 421
Egger 1865: 291
1865
Loc

Camilla fuscana

Robineau-Desvoidy 1863: 642
1863
Loc

Camilla vivida

Robineau-Desvoidy 1863: 642
1863
Loc

Cyrtoneura valga Wahlberg in Zetterstedt, 1845 : 1348

Pont 2011: 63
Zetterstedt 1845: 1348
1845
Loc

Curtonevra curvipes

Pont 2012: 57
Macquart 1834: 12
1834
Loc

Morellia aenescens

Robineau-Desvoidy 1830: 406
1830
Loc

Muscina concolor

Robineau-Desvoidy 1830: 408
1830
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